TED Julia Sweeney has “The Talk”  About This Talk Despite her best efforts, comedian Julia Sweeney is forced to tell a little white lie when her 8-year-old begins learning about frog reproduction — and starts to ask some very smart questions. *There is a word list below the script. The list includes blue colored words which are in the script. この動画について コメディアンのジュリア・スウィーニは、彼女の努力とは逆に、８歳の娘さんが蛙に生殖について学び

TED Mark Bezos: A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter About This Talk Volunteer firefighter Mark Bezos tells a story of an act of heroism that didn’t go quite as expected — but that taught him a big lesson: Don’t wait to be a hero. *There is a word list below the script. The list includes blue colored words which are in the script. この動画について ボランティア消防士のマーク・ベゾスが、勇敢な行為についての話を語ります。それは想像していたようなものとは

TED Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself About This Talk After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone, but Derek Sivers says it’s better to keep goals secret. He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them. *There is a word list below the script.  The list includ

TED Ric Elias: 3 things I learned while my plane crashed About This Talk Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down? At TED, he tells his story publicly for the first time. *There is a word list below the script.  The list includes blue colored words which are i

TED Derek Sivers: How to start a movement About This Talk With help from some surprising footage, Derek Sivers explains how movements really get started. (Hint: it takes two.) *There is a word list below the script.  The list includes blue colored words which are in the script. この動画について デレク・シヴァーズが、ある驚くべき映像の助けを借りながら、社会的な運動というものが実際にはどのように起きるものであるかを解説しています。(ヒント: 2人必要。) 日本語訳はこの記事の最後にあります。また、日本語訳の下に単語帳

TED Jay Walker on the world’s English mania About this talk Jay Walker explains why two billion people around the world are trying to learn English. He shares photos and spine-tingling audio of Chinese students rehearsing English — “the world’s second language” — by the thousands. この動画について ジェイ・ウォーカーがなぜ世界中で20億人もの人が英語を学ぶのかを説明します。何千人もの中国人学生による「世界の第二言語」である英語の練習の様子を、写真やセンセーショナルな音声を活用して伝えてくれます。 日本語訳はこの記